Saw on KPIX site today. About 2 minutes to begin evac. No leadership from crew apparent.
Well, in a nice quiet sim that has not fallen to bits after a crash it takes about 1 minute to run an A320 evac checklist (not a 777 pilot), so is 2 minutes hardly surprising? Perhaps that is too long but it might not have much to do with leadership and more to do with procedure although I assume in this case it was almost impossible to actually run the checklist as the engines weren't even attached and the PA probably useless.